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Husband and Wife

A status that, among other things, entitles a couple to file a joint income tax return. For the purpose of joint returns, common-law marriages are recognized only if the state in which the two persons reside recognizes such marriages or if the state in which the marriage began recognizes common-law marriages. The status as husband and wife on the last day of the tax year governs the right to file a joint return.

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As applied to the example of having a sexual relationship with a former student, an educator might specifically ensure the following: (a) the student's independence and autonomy to make his or her own choices are respected, (b) no harm is done to the student, (c) actions are made with the best interests of the student in mind, (d) the educator is fair to the student in all actions and decisions, (e) and the educator is truthful and genuine with the student.

Consensual faculty--student sexual relationships in counselor education: recommendations for counselor educators' decision making

As background, Part II explores the etymological, social, and legal meaning of the term sexual relationship.

A sexual relationship, did we have one? A review of the definition of "sexual relationship" within the context of Alaska's domestic violence laws

When it comes to teens and sex, many parents are torn between wanting to teach abstinence while also wanting to protect their child if he or she does enter into a sexual relationship.

Intimate conversations: how to talk to your kids about sex

Measured in this way, sexual relationship power was found to be associated with prevalent HIV infection (OR 1.

Sexual power and HIV risk, South Africa

Considerable emphasis is placed on personal capacity and self-confidence building, coping with negative peer pressure, and setting personal development goals to enable the possibility of abstaining from sexual relationships until older.

"Seizing the day": right time, right place, and right message for adolescent male reproductive sexual health: lessons from the Meru of Eastern Province Kenya

A brit teacher shot dead in Pakistan may have been killed over sexual relationships with his male students, police said yesterday.

Sex riddle over dead teacher

Miss Sullivan added: 'Not only did he say he had had no dealings with her at the time, he denies, and continues to deny emotional or sexual relationship with her, saying that their relationship was a strictly professional doctor patient relationship.

Doctor used ultrasound scanner to spice up affair with woman patient

A claim that a care worker had a sexual relationship with a 15-year-old boy at a North East care home is being investigated by police.

Police in probe

Officers are concerned about an alleged sexual relationship between Milner and the girl, both from Gillingham, Kent

Girl, 14 flees with man, 46

Teenagers entering their first sexual relationship may, for a number of reasons, be particularly prone to inconsistent contraceptive use.

Manlove, S., Ryan, S. & Franzetta, K. (2003). Patterns of contraceptive use within teenagers' first sexual relationships

The appeals court held that the deputy's adulterous affair was not constitutionally protected, noting that the right to engage in an intimate sexual relationship with the spouse of another could not be said to be deeply rooted in the nation's history and tradition.

Marcum v. McWhorter

These Tin Men savor the physical sensation of a sexual relationship while steering clear of the work needed to explore a deeper union with a woman.